JOURNAL SPORTS
Defending Select Division I state girls basketball champion Huntington has homecourt advantage tonight as the Lady Raiders shoot for their sixth state semifinal appearance in the past seven years.
Huntington (19-9), seeded fourth as it was for last year’s championship run, takes on the lowest remaining seed, No. 12 Alexandria Senior High (20-11) in a 6 o’clock quarterfinal contest.
The Lady Raiders cruised past visiting Woodlawn of Baton Rouge 57-40 Monday night. Woodlawn was the last team to beat Huntington in playoff action, eliminating the Lady Raiders in the 2024 state semifinals.
ASH surprised fifth-seeded Acadiana 58-52 Monday night in Lafayette to earn its trip to Shreveport.
The only other local team left in the LHSAA postseason, Captain Shreve, will play in metro New Orleans tonight at 6 against No. 1 seed John Curtis (22-1). The eighth-seeded Lady Gators (20-10) thrashed another New Orleans team, No. 9 Archbishop Chapellle, 56-24 Monday, racing to a 27-1 lead in another Select Division I second round game.
A third District 1-5A squad, 9th-seeded Natchitoches Central (21-8), visits No. 1 Zachary (28-3), the defending Non-Select Division I champ, in a quarterfinal game tonight.
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